Motivational Quotes

Joy

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

- Fielding, Henry

Best Quotes about Joy

Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.

William Shakespeare

If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it.

Bradbury, Ray

The more you love what you are doing, the more successful it will be for you.

Gillies, Jerry

What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?

Smith, Logan Pearsall

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

Inner work is finding joy in work. Our real work is heart work and soul work.

Fox, Matthew

The love for work needs to be re-enthroned in our lives. Every family should have a plan for work that touches the life of each family member so that this eternal principle will be ingrained in their lives.

Ballard, M. Russell

Joy is a subtle elf; I think one's happiest when he forgets himself.

Tourneur, Cyril

The joy is that we can take back our bodies, reclaim our health, and restore ourselves to balance. We can take power over what and how we eat. We can rejuvenate and recharge ourselves, bringing healing to the wounds we carry inside us, and bringing to fuller life the wonderful person that each of us can be.

Robbins, John

10.

Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.

May, Rollo

11.

The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.

Marden, Orison Swett

12.

When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this: When you die, will YOU be happy when everybody else is crying?

Campolo, Tony

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Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

Platen

14.

For one mother, joy is the quiet pleasure found in gently rubbing shampoo into her young child's hair. For another woman it's taking a long walk alone, while for yet another it's reviling in a much -- anticipated vacation.

Stukane, Eileen

15.

We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.

Nightingale, Earl

16.

'Tis so much joy! 'Tis so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a throw; Have gained! Yes! Hesitated so this side the victory!

Dickinson, Emily

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Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

Nightingale, Earl

18.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! [Philippians 4:4]

Bible

19.

There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. [Ecclesiastes 2:24]

Bible

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Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love

Mother Teresa

21.

Don't set compensation as a goal. Find work you like, and the compensation will follow.

Lawrence, Harding

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Don't complain because you don't have. Enjoy what you've got.

Judd, H. Stanley

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The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't -- it just keeps you from enjoying it.

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

24.

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked

Nin, Anais

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Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth --look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.

Marden, Orison Swett

27.

Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Mother Teresa

28.

The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.

Michel de Montaigne

29.

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

Stanislaw J. Lec

30.

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

31.

Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind, But leave---oh! leave the light of Hope behind.

Thomas Campbell

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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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If you don't get a kick out of the job you're doing you'd better hunt for another one.

Vauclain, Samuel

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If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.

Buck, Glen

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate -- that's my philosophy.

Wilder, Thornton

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What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. I imagine that Thomas Edison never did a day's work in his last fifty years.

Leacock, Stephen B.

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I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

Chuang Tzu

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He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity's sunrise.

Blake, William

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If you've enjoyed a little and endured a lot, you've really done pretty well.

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Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. Climb slowly, steadily, enjoying each passing moment; and the view from the summit will serve as a fitting climax for the journey.

Melchert, Harold V

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Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

Mark Twain

43.

To really enjoy the better things in life, one must first have experienced the things they are better than.

Homoka, Oscar

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Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable.

Fremont, Jessie B.

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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains, and continue to play for a long, long time.

Howe, Gordie

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No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.

Marden, Orison Swett

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Enjoy the journey, enjoy ever moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing.

Biondi, Matt

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Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.

Sir Wilfred Grenfell